Stochastic Models in Reliability Engineering

4 A Method for Complex Multi-State Systems Reliability Analysis Based on Compression Inference Algorithm and Bayesian Network

Xiaohu Zheng, Wen Yao, Yingchun Xu, and Xiaoqian Chen

DOI: 10.4324/9780429331527-4

CONTENTS

• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Format of NPT
• 4.3 Proposed Multi-State Compression Algorithm
  • 4.3.1 Run and Phrase
  • 4.3.2 Multi-State Compression Algorithm
• 4.4 Proposed Multi-State Inference Algorithm
  • 4.4.1 Rules for Calculating Intermediate Variables
  • 4.4.2 Proposed Multi-State Inference Algorithm
• 4.5 Case Study
  • 4.5.1 Case Background
  • 4.5.2 Calculation and Analysis
• 4.6 Summary
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• References

4.1 Introduction

Bayesian networks (BNs) (Pearl, 1986, 1988) are a powerful tool for analyzing system reliability. In BN, ...